This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Sochi holding 16th place and Rubin Kazan' lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Rubin Kazan' when visiting Sochi as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Sochi form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Sochi are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Sochi drew their last game, also a home match. Rubin Kazan' (placed 15th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Sochi played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ufa.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sochi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 3 Lost 0.
Sochi aren't scoring a lot here at Fisht Olympic Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Sochi have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rubin Kazan' so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose). The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sochi (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Akhmat Grozny.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rubin Kazan' playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 0 Rubin Kazan' wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Rubin Kazan' in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sochi - Rubin Kazan' 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Sochi won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Rubin Kazan' has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 1Top Goalscorers
  M. Barsov 18 goals |
Sochi missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Sochi | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 79% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 47% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 32% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 37% |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 37% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 47% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 6.1 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 4.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 236 | 104 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 121 | 244 |
| 67 | 26 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 35 | 73 |
| 24% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 15% |
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest points (7) away
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Rubin Kazan' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sochi has the fewest points (4) at home
- Sochi has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Rostov | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Ufa | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Ural | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Tambov | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Krylya Sovetov | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan' | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 16 | Sochi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 14 |